Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-20
THE d. d O. DEAL CLOSED.

eral Manager Cakes OF the Northern Pacific,
a I'd Traffic Manager Hannaford returned
yesterday from their trip over the entire
line and branches, They have been absent
nearly three weeks and were present at the
celebration in Tacoma, July 4th of the
completion of the line direct to Puget
Sound. Mr.. Cakes reports that in the
wheat growing country crops are looking
fairly well. In some sections it promises
less than a good crop, while in Others the
prospects are for a much larger crop than
usual, making on the whole about an aver
age crop. He reports good progress on the
different branch lines now in course OF con.
struction. The work is nov being done on
a spur from Birds Eye, Montana, to
Marysville, which will be completed this
year, forming a part Of the branch to Fort
Benton, also from Drummond to Philips.
burg and from Mlssoula to ehalkaho south
ward. The Spokane and Palouse branchis
tern to Edge.y. The branch from Wicks,
eventually reaching Butte, and there is
every prospect that the Rocky Fork &
C,ok City branch, southwesterly from Bill.
ings, will be constructed to the
coal fields. A road is 10 being
built, called the Oregon & Washington
Territory, from Wallula Junction south
east"rly into the wheat country of the
Snake river. This is being done by private
enterprise in opposition to the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation company. There is
no agreement for a lease by the Northern
Pacific, but only for a traffic arrangement.
Mr.. Cakes reports great activity at Helena
and Butte in real estate, in view of the large
amount of railroad building in that section
of the territory this year.
DOES AWAY WITH HOT BOXES.
Chicago special: A number of railway
gentlemen took a trip to Joliet over the
Rock Island Road to test q new journal
that would do away with hot boxes and
the old accompaniment of oil and moist
The new invention was attached
to a new car and worked well. Instead OF
the old. fashioned box and axle runs inside
of six steel cylinders, each of which is COM
posed of q number of smaller cylinders, so
that the wear is very light. A general
superintendent who studied the new inven-
ton said that the principle was an old one.
although it had never been sufficiently
tested. All who saw it to-day were salts
fed with it's working.
SAA IL
OTTAWA, July 1S.-The Canadian Pacific
has contracted to carry a number OF car
loads of Australian wool from Victoria, B.
G., to Boston and other points on the At
lantic seaboard. This wool was. until this
brought in vessels to American
ports on the Pacific coast and shipped over
the Northern Pacific railroad to Boston
and other parts.
wAsHoUT ON THE SOUTHERN LINES.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-The first mails
the east since Saturday arrived to-
in consequence OF washouts on the
and southern routes.
H B. & o. DEAL BoU CLOSED.
New York, July 1S.-The Baltimore &
Ohio deal is said to be fast reaching an end
and conferences were being held all day
between Sully, Ines. Sterner and Garrett
to complete details. 1t is said everything
has been arranged except a statement for
This, the members If the
syndicate say, will be given out to-mor-
Sealers Seized.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-By the Alaska
company's steamer Dara,
came in to-day from Ounalaska, in
is received of the seizure Of two
vessels for sealing within the limits pre-
by the United States Government.
The crafts are the American schooner Chal-
thirty tons, from Seattle, and the
steam schooner Annie Beck, hailing
rom Victoria Both seizures were made
by the United States revenue cutter Richard
Rush and the vessels and crews were sent
on to Sitka. The Challenge was taken July
in Ekeston Onekston island. When
by the Rush no seals were to be
There was blood on the deck and
other audiences that the crew had been en-
gagged in sealing. The Rush took charge of
ner in spite OF the protest OF the Captain,
who urged that every skin he had was oh
tained in the open waters OF the Pacific.
The Rush took the prize to S.tka.
BRIrIsHER TAKEN IN.
At Ounalaska, two days later, the An
lie w. Beck was seized near St. Georges,
which is not far from Ounalaska. As in
he case of the Challenge there was blood
IN the deck and the crew appeared as if
hey had been hard at work. Her can
ain sent up a protest and threatened to
eek redress from the British Government,
He was likewis Use sent off to Sitka, where he
Is we'll as the American captain will be
ried. When the Dare departed from
there was a fleet of some
sealers lowering off Sanack, under
espionage by the Rush. The others were
exported at Ange, and the officers OF the
Rush were in need of assistance. The Bear
las gone to Arctic waters.